Depository advertising cabinet or the like



March 22,1927. 1,622,210 I. K. RYSTEDT 'DEPOSITORY ADVERTISING CABINET OR'THE LIKE Original Filed March 27. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l lll" i ii z. 7 7 10 .l. K.RY.$TEDT DEPOSITORY ADVERTISING CABINET OR THE LIKE March 22, 1927. 1,622,210

Origin'al Filed March 27. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I'u. .I

I v l Patented Mar. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

INGEMAR K. RYSTEDT, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE ANDER AND ONE-FOURTH TO A. H. DUNHAM.

DEPOSITORY ADVERTISING CABINET OR THE LIKE.

Application filed. March 27, 1925, Serial No. 18,735. Renewed January 12, 1927;

This invention relates to depository-advertising cabinets having particular reference to a structure which is suitable in design and utility features to be located in a public place, as on the public sidewalk in a city.

The object attained in my invention is a depository for refuse, concealed in an ornamental cabinet'which serves the further purpose of an advertising medium and for displaying street signs, etc., the means for displaying advertisements being movable preferably to render the advertisements more effective. i

To this end, a cabinet of artistic design, preferably made of metal, is provided to give attractiveness of appearance to the structure as a whole. Concealed in the cabinet is a receptacle for refuse with a drop-lid opening in the cabinet arranged relative thereto. WVithin the cabinet also, in a preferred form of my invention, is a movable (rotatable as here shown) advertising medium, operable through alternate steps and movements to display advertisements progressively on the different sides or faces of the cabinet,th.e cabinet as here shown being generally rectangular shaped and having open glass panels on all sides through which the advertisements are displayed. In the form herein shown, the top of the cabinet is provided with a rectangular shaped housing upon the four faces of which the names of intersecting streets may be indicated.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the cabinet;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the advertising unit removed from the cabinet;

Fig. 4 is a detail view of a hinged panel;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the spring motor, Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken. 'on

line 6 6 of Fig. 1;

' Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 77 of Fig. 6. i

The cabinet, as here shown, consists of a main structure 1 which serves as a housing for the advertising mechanism and the refuse receptacle, the portion 2 at the top serving as a medium for displaying street signs and small fixed advertisements. The housing 1 is octagonal-shaped, is supported on a base 3, has a front or door panel 4, three main side panels 5 and four intermediate panels 6, all the panels as here shownbeing I glass, the structure being covered with a metal top 7, electric lights 8 located advantageously serving to light the interior of the structure.

The glass is retained in the panels by means of U-shaped flexible bindings 9 made of any suitable material, as rubber, secured by means of metalclips 10, which serve the double purpose of holding the glass firmly in position and also act as buffers to prevent rattling and minimize the possibilities ofbreaking the glass.

' Supported within the cabinet is a rectan hinged in any suitable manner to permit the panel toswing open outwardly, when the cabinet door 4: is open, to afford access to the interior of the structure to remove and re place therein a rectangular-shaped depository 18 which is also closed at the bottom, and open at the top to receive the refuse from a drop door 4 in the outer cabinet, an annular-shaped apron 19 suspended inside the cabinet and having its lower portion extended into the top of the refuse receptacle, acting as' a guide for the refuse and as a guard to prevent portions thereof falling outside the receptacle. The receptacle 18 is supported free on the bottom of structure 11 and is supported against lateraldisplacement therein by a series of resilient buffers 20 secured inside on panels 11.

A. handle 21 is provided on the receptacle adjacent the panel 11 for convenience in handling the vertisements, thus to add materially to the effectiveness of the cabinet as an advertising medium. a

Any suitable mechanism, as an electric or mechanical motor, may be employed for operating the advertising unit of the cabinet. As here shown, amechanical motor spring motor is employed for operating the rotatable member 11. The mechanism consists of a spring motor 22 adapted to be wound by a crank 23, through suitable connections between the crank and motor, as bevel gears 24 and spur gears 25, these features in one form or another being common to mechanical motors of this character. The motor is connected to the axle 12 of the unit 11 by means of spur gears 2627, the latter gear being supported rotatably free on axle 12 and adapted to be rendered operative with the shaft by means of a clutch 28 splined slidably on the axle.

To effect a step-by-step rotation of the advertising unit, aclocK mechanism 29 is provided, as here shown, the same including a fl-POiIlt escapement 30 secured to the hour shaft of the clock and associated by means of alever 31 with four stops 32 on the spring motor gear 26, the relation of the parts one with the other being such that the gear will bereleased for a quarterturn upon each quarterturn of the escapement 30, thus the advertising unit 11 will also be rotated a quarter turn upon each action ofthe escapement, which, as here shown, will be every fifteen minutes. Thus each advertisement will be displayed progressively in repeated sequence through the four panels of the cabinet with stop intervals of fifteen minutes in each position.

Means are provided for interrupting operation of the advertising unit at all times when the cabinet door 4 is open, as when the advertisementsare to be changed or the refuse receptacle is to be emptied, the means consisting, as here shown, of a pivoted lever 33 for shifting clutch 28, the shift lever being,

controlled by a spring tensioned push rod 34 which engages the heel of lever 33 as at 35 and acts when the lever is pressed inward by the action of cabinet door at thereon to hold the clutch in operative relation with gear 27; When the door is opened, a spring 36 acts'to move rod 34 in the opposite direction thus permitting lever 33 to be drawn in the opposite direction by a spring 37 which acts to throw out the clutch and to interrupt the driving relation between the clock, the friction gears adapting the clockwinding movement to the .motor-winding movement irrespective of gear ratios.

Any suitable means, as the spring-tensioned devices 42, may be employed for holding the advertising posters on the panels of the rotatable structure 11, the device, as here shown,consisting of a spring-tensioned hinge 424E3 and a strip 45 operable on the hinges, a rubber element 44 being interposed preferably between the pressure strips and the poster to obtain better contact,

The advertising unit is preferably provided with a bell 46 located at any convenient point as on the base plate 13, and having a striker 47 adapted to be actuated upon each quarter turn of the unit by projections,

48 secured in the head of axle 12, thus upon each movement of the unit to effect a change of position of the advertisements the bell will be actuated to attract attention to the advertisements. i

Having described my invention, Iclaim: 1. A depository for refuse includingin combination with a stationary cabinet having open glass panels including a" hinged panel, a structure supported rotatably in said cabinet including a hinged panel having means to support and display posters, as

said stationary panels, a receptacle for refuse supported within said inner structure and removable advertisements, through upon opening of the hinged panels -and means, as a motor, for rotatlng themner structure. i

ing said movement'when said panelsare opened. a

3. A depository for refuse including in combination with a stationary cabinet having open glass panels, a structuresupported rotatably in saidcabinet andhaving means thereon to support and display posters, as advertisements, through said panels, a receptacle for refuse supported within and rotatable with said innerstruct-ure, and means, as a motor, for operating the inner struc ture. a

4,. A depository for refuse includingf iii 2. A depository for refuse including in i i combination With a stationary cabinet hav ing a plurality of panels and a door, a structure supported rotatably in said cabinet and having means thereon to support and display posters, as advertisements, through said panels, and a receptacle for refuse supported Within said inner structure, and adapted to be removed from the cabinet through said door.

5. A depository for refuse including in combination with a stationary cabinet having a plurality of panels and a door constituting one of said panels, a structure supported rotatably in said cabinet having a corresponding plurality of panels and a door constituting one of said panels, all of the panels of the inner structure being adapted to support posters, as advertisements, and to be moved into alignment With said outer panels whereby to display said advertisements therethrough, and a receptacle for refuse supported Within the inner structure and adapted to be removed through said doors.

6. A depository for refuse including in combination With a stationary cabinet having a plurality of panels and a door, a structure supported rotatably in said cabinet and having means thereon to support and display posters, as advertisements, through said panels, a receptacle for refuse supported Within said inner structure and adapted to be removed from they cabinet through said door, means as a motor, for rotating the inner member, and means operatively associated With said door for controlling the operating relation between the motor and said member.

INGEMAR K. RYSTEDT. 

